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Time was appearing on the front of Vanity Fair was supposed to make an actor hot beyond all possibility of disappointment. But Heather Ledger's VF credit, established in an extraordinarily moist cover article a couple of years ago, has drained away. First, the dismal Four Feathers and, now, apparently, a back-to-back stinker, Ned Kelly. A Popbitch informant writes:

"I saw a rough cut of Heath Ledger's new film yesterday, "Ned Kelly" - the Australian outlaw. It's shithouse of the highest order, especially Heath himself. He's meant to have an Irish accent, but comes off with a worst one than anybody in Gangs of New York. There's poor acting, crap editing, and the music (so far) is pretty bad. This, my friends, is the turkey of the year.
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